Month: October 2016

Norma Jean are that weird beast : a metalcore band that still seems relevent this present day and age. I got introduced to metal through metalcore and deathcore, but my interests quickly turned towards the more interesting, intricate metalgenre’s, like death, doom, sludge and black. But Norma Jean has always had a special place in…

It’s been a good year for black metal. A lot of high quality releases, a lot of variety and styles. From all corners of the globe. It shows the appeal of the genre, and here we have a newcomer, from France, the country of bands like Deathspell Omega and Celeste : Penitence Onirique. With the…

There are a lot of words you can use to describe Touché Amoré. Passionate, honest, intense. Over the course of 3 albums they’ve amassed a devoted fanbase because of these traits, and they’re only looking to make it bigger by this, their fourth album. Based on singer Jeremy Bolm’s experience of losing his mother to…

The Nietzsche are a 4 piece mathcore band. My problem with mathcore is, predominantly, that a few bands stick out, and the rest just sound uninspired, overcomplicated and boring. You have to sound pretty special in this already special subgenre to really stand out. Luckily, The Nietzsche have a few things going in their favour.…

Marissa Nadler has a voice that stands firmly on her own. On her previous albums and when she performs live, she needs a minimum of instrumentation to be effective. This time, she’s chosen to go for a fuller sound, choosing an approach akin to Chelsea Wolf. Dark music fits dark lyrics, I guess. It works…